I'm testing out ajax favorites on MeFi

December 29, 2006 9:59 PM

I'm testing out ajax favorites on MeFi right now (only www.metafilter.com). If you open any thread you can add the post or any comment as a favorite without leaving the page. Lemme know if you hit any snags and please hold off on "but, but, can you also make it do x?" requests until we're sure it works in most all browsers.
posted by mathowie (staff) to Feature Requests at 9:59 PM (40 comments total)

Ah ha, works for me! Firefox 1.5.09 for Mac.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:00 PM on December 29, 2006 [1 favorite]

Ah ok. I thought I was going crazy when this started happening. Apparently it works pretty well.
posted by bob sarabia at 10:17 PM on December 29, 2006

Works for me... (Camino 2006091101 [1.0.3])
posted by docgonzo at 10:18 PM on December 29, 2006

Spiffy. The failure case works too it seems ("You've already favorited this").
posted by Rhomboid at 10:18 PM on December 29, 2006 [2 favorites]

Neato!
Firefox 2.0.0.1 on XP
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:21 PM on December 29, 2006

Yeah, I discovered the failure case when I wasn't sure if the favorite had gone through or not. Pretty spiffy. I guess next up is ajax flagging, huh?
posted by bob sarabia at 10:23 PM on December 29, 2006

Well done, sir. FFX 2.0, win xp
posted by boo_radley at 10:24 PM on December 29, 2006

Safari 2.0.4 (419.3) on OS X 10.4.8 works.
posted by cgc373 at 10:30 PM on December 29, 2006

Firefox 2.01, OSX 10.4.8, works great, thanks
posted by Rumple at 10:32 PM on December 29, 2006

Worked for me in FF 2 and IE 7.

So I take it this is your alibi for when they hanged Saddam?
posted by wendell at 10:33 PM on December 29, 2006

FF2, IE7 XP all clear, cap'n.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:51 PM on December 29, 2006

Worked for me too on Firefox 2.0.0.1, XP Pro.

Also IE 7.0.5730.11 (a truly ridiculous version number).

I hope this means a lighter server load!
posted by scarabic at 11:19 PM on December 29, 2006

So I take it this is your alibi for when they hanged Saddam?

Dinner is the fucking alibi, Wendell. Dinner.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:25 PM on December 29, 2006

Worked in Firefox 2.0 on Ubuntu
posted by Abiezer at 11:52 PM on December 29, 2006

I just saw the new functionality work and immediately clicked over to Metatalk to thank you!
posted by blasdelf at 12:03 AM on December 30, 2006

I know YOUR alibi, jess, I was asking about matt's on the other coast...
posted by wendell at 12:04 AM on December 30, 2006

I was at costco. Parking alone is like two hours. Saddam was dead before I even got my 600 rolls of toilet paper back to the car.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:06 AM on December 30, 2006 [5 favorites]

Works at treat. Nicely done, mathowie!
posted by timeistight at 1:22 AM on December 30, 2006

Opera 9.10, WinXP, AOK



...sweeeet
posted by NinjaTadpole at 4:50 AM on December 30, 2006

Firefox 1.5.0.9 on Windows XP SP2, works great!
posted by Doofus Magoo at 5:00 AM on December 30, 2006

In the Firefox 2.0.0.1 XP she is working good.
posted by signal at 6:16 AM on December 30, 2006

In favoriting this thread (firefox 2.0.0.1, OsX), I definitely left the page, although I was redirected back immediately.
posted by bingo at 6:40 AM on December 30, 2006

bingo, that's because, and I quote, "only www.metafilter.com". This is MetaTalk. It's not here, yet.
posted by Plutor at 6:44 AM on December 30, 2006

Oh. Good point.
posted by bingo at 7:07 AM on December 30, 2006

It might work too easily. I predict a plethora of multi-favorited posts and comments, to the point where favorites become meaningless.

But then, maybe that's the point.
posted by yhbc at 7:55 AM on December 30, 2006 [1 favorite]

Matt, these are totally sweet.
posted by delmoi at 8:29 AM on December 30, 2006

Thank you Matt. IE7 XP, FF2 XP.
posted by nj_subgenius at 9:59 AM on December 30, 2006

Okie-dokie on Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20060601 Firefox/2.0 (Ubuntu-edgy)
posted by George_Spiggott at 10:03 AM on December 30, 2006

to the point where favorites become meaningless.

SACRILEGE!
posted by jonson at 11:08 AM on December 30, 2006

matthowie, do you want to be able to favorite deleted posts? This was possible before, just wondering.
cos I just did that with saddam getting the rope
posted by nj_subgenius at 5:56 PM on December 30, 2006

Opera 9.1 fine, XP.
posted by bigmusic at 5:57 PM on December 30, 2006

Firefox 2.0.0.1 on FreeBSD 6.1/KDE 3.5.5 works great.

WAY cool feature, that favorite add.
posted by eriko at 6:34 PM on December 30, 2006

Wendell, seriously you're starting to sound querulous. Is your rheumatism acting up? You're almost at the quonsar level of picking on mathowie lately, have you noticed?
posted by Lynsey at 11:48 PM on December 30, 2006

Works for me.
Now a word of advice for mathowie:
If you are a business member of Costco, you can shop at 10AM on weekdays, before the general membership is admitted at 11AM. Well worth the $55.00 a year business fee.
OTOH how much TP can 3 people use...the 600 rolls should last a while.
posted by Cranberry at 11:58 PM on December 30, 2006

Lynsey, are you serious about wendell? wendell's one of the most jocular posters I've noticed around here. Where's the querulous sound you're hearing?
posted by cgc373 at 11:58 PM on December 30, 2006

Works fine on Camino (1.0.3), the other Mozilla browser.
posted by O9scar at 8:23 AM on December 31, 2006

Oh, man. It's nice to have that petty annoyance gone. Thanks, numero uno!
posted by deborah at 10:28 AM on January 1, 2007

matt, do you plan on tagging the date one added it to favorites, or the date of the favorited thing? I would vote for using the date of the favorited thing. Because it seems to come up as the date one added it, which I don't particularly care for. You asked.
posted by nj_subgenius at 9:51 PM on January 1, 2007

I'm not getting Ajax goodness. Wha happen'?
posted by Deathalicious at 3:12 AM on January 3, 2007

I idjit. That wha happen'. Works for me in the www.
posted by Deathalicious at 3:16 AM on January 3, 2007